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Communication In Interpersonal Communication

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Interpersonal Communication isn’t only restricted to speaking with someone face to face. With the various ways that people can communicate online in the modern world, and with text messaging specifically, it is not surprising that many struggle to convey the message that they wish to, and others have trouble understanding the messages being conveyed to them. These problems can occur whether you’re communicating with a total stranger, a coworker or boss, a friend or family member, or a significant other. There are strategies to alleviate this, including simply taking your time, focusing on understanding someone’s situation, the use of proper greeting and similar conventions, and the appropriate use of emojis based on the relationship. The basic act of communicating through text is vastly different to that of normal, face to face interaction. With text communication we do not have non-verbal cues to go off of, and therefore have to solely rely on the words we are sending or receiving to derive meaning. While this is a significant obstacle, there are still many times that we can discern what someone is intending, “Whether it’s dictating or typing, the old adage of haste making waste is true, and in the case of texting, your haste may cause a miscommunication that you may not be able to take back”(Linda Lauren, 3 Steps to Improve Text Communication). In our rush to respond, often times we don’t spend the amount of time required to actually interpret the message that we are

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